The best laid plans of mice and men are filed away somewhere.

[tysolna]

Right, I thought, if you can get BBC television via satellite dishes in Germany, I'd better get myself a satellite dish. After all, how much can it be in terms of time and effort? Put dish on roof, stick cable through the wall, plug and watch. Sort of a christmas present to myself.
Sort of, yeah.

At the moment, I don't see it happening. Because:
- they might have to call a tiler for the roof tiles
- they will probably have to remove a bit of the panelling in my room, or at least drill a hole through it somewhere
- they'll need to pull a cable through an unused chimney, through my cellar and into dad's cellar to earth the dish
- in the cellar, we'll have to remove panelling in both rooms to get to the chimney and into the other cellar
- dad is at the moment building a model train in his cellar, a piece of which might have to be removed
- and finally, the weather has to be right, at least ten degrees above freezing, and dry for at least half a day!
Add to that the pay for materials and work hours, plus the fact that I am at the moment still suffering financially from the last visit to London, and I don't think I'll be watching the Christmas Invasion live in my living room.

Thinking it over, I need to find out when next my parents will be away for at least a week, that would remove part of the hassle, and since it won't be for a few months, I can save up until then. But still, David Tennant in Doctor Who... *sighs*

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[ladyjillian.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation...I'm going to try to remember to pick up a special Dr Who edition of the Radio Times for you.

[tysolna]

Oh, that would be great - Thank you! :)